| 词汇 | adaptation |
| 释义 | adaptation noun uk /ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/(alsoadaption, uk /əˈdæp.ʃən/ us /əˈdæp.ʃən/) C1[ U ] the process of changing to suit different conditions: 适应 The documentary is about corruption, crime and human adaptation to difficult circumstances. His team's successful adaptation to life in the top-flight has come as no surprise. [ C or U ] biology specialized the process in which a living thing changes slightly over time to be able to continue to exist in a particular environment, or a change like this: Evolution occurs as a result of adaptation to new environments. It's these evolutionary adaptations that make aphids and other insects so destructive. [ C ] a film, book, play, etc. that has been made from another film, book, play, etc.: （电影、书、剧本等的）改编 Last year he starred in the film adaptation of Bill Cronshaw's best-selling novel.去年他主演了那部由比尔•克朗肖的畅销小说改编的电影。 Adapting and modifying acclimate acclimation acclimatization acclimatize acclimatize to something ambidextrous chameleon change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom configure counter-adaptation doctor something with something pliantly preadaptation preadaptive put something back put something/someone forward unadapted unamended write someone out of something Zelig You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Types of film, play, book etc. adaptation | American Dictionaryadaptation noun[ C/U ] us/ˌæd·əpˈteɪ·ʃən, -ˌæp-/ something produced to adjust to different conditions or uses, or to meet different situations: [ C ]The movie was an adaptation of a novel. biology a characteristic of a plant or animal that makes it able to adjust to the conditions of a particular environment Examples of adaptationadaptation The phylotypes identified here will be important organisms to study to learn their adaptations to cryogenic conditions. Our lab is using viruses of hyperthermophilic organisms to elucidate these limits, and the adaptations of life needed for survival in extreme environments. The reason is that it is hard to decide which particular adaptations should be associated to specific user actions. Their adaptations have made them robust and resilient to natural disturbances and harsh climatic conditions. The occurrence of par tial adaptations to the standard languages, hypercorrections, and hyperdialectalisms indicates a rather weak knowledge of the dialect. The view advanced here is that they identify a set of behavioral adaptations for social interaction favored in our evolutionary past by group selection. They include cognitive adaptations to detect cheaters, paired with behavioral propensities to punish those who violate principles of reciprocity, including third-party violators. Furthermore, speeding up biological feedback mechanisms may require evolutionary adaptations that are too complicated or metabolically too costly to develop. Similarly, varying patterns of marriage can be viewed as adaptations. More research is needed to examine whether such adaptations enhance changed behaviour among participants rather than just maintain them, as in this study. Home adaptations and private help do not significantly relate to the level of orientation. Such processes may therefore give rise to processes of mutual adaptations. An ability to change planned strategies reactively depending on intermediate results is also a must and such adaptations should also be remembered for future use. Plant response to stress: biochemical adaptations to phosphate deficiency. However, amazing adaptations to extreme stresses do not only occur in microbes, but also in many multicellular organisms. See all examples of adaptation These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withadaptationadaptationThese are words often used in combination with adaptation. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. adaptation mechanism They concluded that the adaptationmechanism they examined was cor tical. anime adaptation She also does the previews for the next episodes in the anime adaptation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. behavioural adaptation The white tip derives its function from the function of the behaviouraladaptation in which it is put to work. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with adaptation |
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